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[G1 Android Development] malaeus:
no help?

i was hoping someone would know something. ive already tried everything, including eliminating apps2sd, and i saw no change. except that my phone lagged even worse than before.
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
i got a couple of helpful things to try and you'll never have to worry about your phone being slow again.

1) flash stock rom and see if it is still laggy if so then call and replace

2) check free space, if you have extremely low space then you'll need to lose a few dozen apps

3) send me your phone

i like the final solution best
[G1 Android Development] RueTheDay:
As tubaking notes below, I posted that long before the new SPL was out.

It appears that (for now) the only was to brick a G1 is by hosing the SPL, specifically by attempting to flash an SPL that was written for a DIFFERENT device, which IMO is just asking for trouble to begin with.

Also, I think it's important to recognize that these "bricked" G1s are not really damaged in any physical way. They're just unable to get far enough along in the boot process to be able to enter recovery mode or load the USB driver to enable ADB. The solution will be a JTAG cable that will provide a means to reflash an SPL directly. Been there done that in the world of cable modem and router hacking.
[G1 Android Development] ikando2on2:
me

I rooted my mytouch it was preloaded with 1.6 so i had to make a goldcard and i went thought the whole process and at the end it wouldnt take the recovery with the g on it i have a 32b so what i did i use the recovery with an h and after i rebooted it said on the htc magic screen i followed all the steps, when i tried to go into recovery mode it didnt do anything and fastboot also on the htc magics screen could do anything at all no one could of help me. but tmobile will exchange, does anyone one what when wrong????:confused:
[G1 Android Development] protomanez:
If you messed up the spl and radio flashing by flashing the spl first, then yes. You are bricked. Everyone can do the trackball+power blue led thing, it doesn't mean anything.
[G1 Android Development] hasse 73:
brickt !!!

hi

thanks for the answer !!

so can any thing be don or should i hope for a cure on day will be found for it ???

yours

Hasse Blom
[G1 Android Development] HEARTBREAKER123:
Okay, maybe this is a stupid question, but at the beginning of the post, it says WIPE

"If you think you have a bricked phone, WIPE"

Well if the phone is bricked, which means you cannot get to the bootloader or fastboot screens, how the heck can you wipe the phone?? :confused:
[G1 Android Development] :
Because most people aren't really bricked and just think they are because their phone boot loops or something like that. That line has actually probably saved a few threads about "help i'm bricked" when they actually weren't.
[G1 Android Development] KevinCaskets:
okay i read pretty much ALL of this thread, and it seems extremely complicated.

so let me explain my situation :

I bought a G1 from someone on craigslist.

I put in my simcard and start the phone up and the phone is EXTREMELY laggy. and it gives me a message that reads :

Sorry, process system is not responding.

So after reading, I did a wipe or whatever. I removed my SD card and wiped again.

So now when i start up the phone, it still boots up really slow, but now it goes to the very first boot up screen and says :

Sorry! Activity Setup Wizard (in application setup wizard) is not responding AND the message from before too.

Is there ANYTHING i can do ? or is the phone just absolutely doomed ?

Thank you.
[G1 Android Development] KevinCaskets:
and btw. I am COMPLETELY and ill informed with the G1

i just got this phone and i know NOTHING and i mean absolutely nothing.

so please try to explain to me in simplest terms.

thanks and sorry >.<
[G1 Android Development] BLMaros:
Newly Bricked G1? No bootloader, no rgb (spl boot), No fastboot

First off I have been on forums and sites the past 3 or 4 days trying everything I can get my eyes on. The phone boots up to the T-mobile G1 black screen but wont go anywhere past that. It won't respond to recovery mode (home + power), or SPL boot (camera + power). It WILL get into the "blue LED" mode which no one seems to know what is for yet. I have recharged the phone (Some roms / recoveries say not to start if you don't have at least half battery).

I've recently been playing with my g1, trying to root (which was successful), and trying to update the spl / ROM. I had a good donut Dev ROM which was nice. When I should've just stopped there and left well enough alone I proceeded to try and work an eclair ROM onto the phone, which is where i got owned.

This was the Dev ROM I had previously working after rooting:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=538456

**HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 Rooted->Base Version

I was working with cannon202's complete eclair for the g1.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=690709

And at that point was working Danger SPL onto the phone via this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548924

Towards the bottom under the subsection "Flash the New RADIO and SPL", were the directions i was following, Using what I know to be nandroid and the spl.zip I did a "update from zip"(or something close to that) from the nandroid menu. It applied the zip successfully and I rebooted the phone, which is where all of this started and where I am at now.

Yes, its a PVT board, I checked that before I continued to flash with Danger SPL.

I have tried SDK (fastboot and adb) and nothing finds the phone plugged in via usb to windows 7 or XP. The phone will not boot into "Fastboot" mode either (back button + power). As stated above the phone will not boot into recovery or SPL / RGB mode either. Any ideas at all here guys or is this g1 simply a paperweight? I have retraced my steps with you as accurately as I can remember through my frustration lol. Let me know any way you need if you have any ideas, suggestions, or questions!

I've had HTC phones for the past 4 years starting with the Windows mobile Wing, dash, and g1. I have a Behold 2 on the way and my brother has had the moment, hero, and currently evo. We've been playing with these types of phones for quite a while and aren't completely new to rom'ing / rooting, or computers but are both stumped!

**I'm Adding this here, and possibly another thread just to not be one of those "HELP I BRICKEDED MAI PHON" guys. Plus I saw the "Dev's / admin's move bricked posts here" :\
[G1 Android Development] joeleenus:
Hi,

Firstly, apologies for being a pain - I understand my ineptness is an irritance!

I want to ask for some advice! Basically so I know what my options are!

I just purchased a "broken" G1 from ebay in the hope that I would be able to fix and sell on...

However, it is proving more difficult than initially assumed.

It doesn't boot into recovery and instead stalls at the flash screen (T-mobile G1). The phone feels relatively new (slide is tons better than my working G1) and I don't think has been rooted.

Discovered not rooted, but when updating via the T-Mobile over-the-air service system froze. I don't know whether this is a radio, spl or rom issue...

I have tried all the various boots (camera + power, call + menu + power & home + power) with no success...

Is there anything I can do to salvage this G1? Or is it destined to return to ebay...

:confused:

Many thanks,

Joeleenus
[G1 Android Development] Firestrikers:
Ok so I found this usefull tut on the wiki from cyanogenmod, and I followed it. Everything went great until I had to flash dangerSPL. So I've put the 2.22.19.26i Radio on it, flashed it, and then I flashed the DangerSPL. I was going absolutly crazy when it was stuck at the t-mobile G1 screen... I Can acces the Recovery AND the bootloader (Amon Ra 1.7). Ive tried Whipe -> Whipe data/factory reset. But I'm still stuck on the G1 screen after that. Is there a step that I'm missing or can I call it my own personal brick?
[G1 Android Development] raubvogel:
Got a G1 here that will not turn on if you just press the power button. If you press power and home, you will

o Get nothing

o Get the backlit turned on but nothing on the screen

o Get the G1 screen... and then it goes dark. Backlit is still on

o Get the G1 screen, then the triangle screen, but as soon as you release one of the buttons the screen will go dark with backlit on

Now, I cannot turn it on while connected to a charger. I have to disconnect the charger and then remove and reinstall battery and then I can give it a go.

Also, if I put it to charge, all keys 9the 4+Menu and the keyboard will light up and blink which looks like some kind of blinking code (or just blinking erratically). So, I let it charge for a while, disconnect the charger, remove the batter, and check the battery voltage at its terminals.

So, what should I try next?
[G1 Android Development] DUBsays:
Is my phone a goner?

I wasn't trying to root or modify my phone in any way. It started flickering and then went black. Now...

Phone does not power on. Not with power button or any combo (camera+power; home+power; etc).

No LED notification. Not even orange when charging.

Eventually starts in tri-color/rainbow/RGB Bootloader ON ITS OWN (no keystrokes). Sometimes after 1 min, sometimes after 20+. Once in Bootloader, it stays there. If it's plugged in and charging, the Bootloader stays on even after battery pull.

Bootloader says:

DREA100 PVT 32B

HBOOT-0.95.0000

CPLID-4

RADIO-2.22.23.02

Sep 2 2008

Serial0

Reformatted SD card and installed original SPL (renamed install.zip) and DREAIMG.nbh to the SD's root. When my phone eventually started in Bootloader (on its own), it went into the install phase, completed, and asked for reboot. I pressed the trackball (action button), it rebooted, and hasn't done a thing since.
[G1 Android Development] UndeniablyRexer:
Probably Brick, Maybe Battery?

A few months ago I was trying to flash something and ended up, I think, bricking my phone. Looking at the contents of the sdcard, I was flashing one of the following, but Im not sure which:

-spl-zigned.zip

-G1-radio-2_22_23_02.zip

-update-cm-6.0.0-DS-RC1-signed.zip

-recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img

I remember while I was booting into recovery after a flash of one of those, as I let go of the home button, I accidentally pressed it again. Not sure if that caused this, but that's all I can think of.

My phone will not start up with any combination of buttons.

Here's what I've observed:

-When plugged in to the wall or computer with battery I get a red LED forever.

-When plugged in to the wall or computer without battery I get no LED.

-Red LED goes off either when unplugged, battery removed, or power button is pressed.

-Red LED only comes back after removing and replacing both the battery and plug at the same time.

The only reason I think this may not be a brick is because all the bricks I've read about have been a boot loop, or stuck somewhere; I haven't read anyone complaining about their phone showing no signs of life.

Sorry for the long post, I'm just trying to be thorough.

Thanks for any help and response :]
[G1 Android Development] BeenAndroidized:
Hope you don't mind that I am digging this old thread back out.

I am not sure what I have, maybe soft brick or hard brick. But while trying to update my current Recovery to RZRecovery. I managed to put my G1 in a G1 logo splash bootloop. I am trying to find out if this will works.
[G1 Android Development] tvall:
Can you access fastboot still? I you can then its not bricked. Bricked is when it boots to the splash, no matter what you do, and does nothing else.
[G1 Android Development] BeenAndroidized:
That is what I got, it booth to splash and no response to any action I take. :(
[G1 Android Development] tvall:
No fastboot? Then you bricked it. Only option is jtag
[G1 Android Development] BeenAndroidized:
That is what I am afraid of, doing the jtag...
[G1 Android Development] splatoid:
I just got a new used G1 yesterday and I got all my info and files together to root. I got the the downgrade from RC30 to RC 29 without a hitch and it booted fine but I can't get past the sing up screen. It wont connect to google. I tried to set the APN up but no luck so I have tried to get past the login screen so i could set up my wireless them i could connect but no luck. Oh and i used the DREAIMG.nbh image.

Thanks for your help.
[G1 Android Development] th0br0:
Hello.

Are you guys that sure that it can't be bricked?

I might actually have done it ;)

Tried to flash the HardSPL from hayuki but...

now I can only get to the G1 logo, nothing more, nothing less; no key combination works or thelike...

Is there some way to fix this or should I try sending the phone to t-mobile cs?
[G1 Android Development] th0br0:
Well, thanks...

you made my day ;P

still, this stuff is just plain annoying...
[G1 Android Development] moon800:
where are the Geniuses? Are we out of them yet?
[G1 Android Development] alberto1495:
well i think my phone is completely dead. i installed the 1.5 rom on it which worked fine. then i tried installing a radio upgrade and after it was done installing it shut off my phone. i tried turning it on but it just gave me this screen which i cant remember completely. i think it was something with 3 pins or sumthing like that. but now i cant even turn it on. the charger wont recognize it either.any ideas as to what happened?
[G1 Android Development] sebas1102:
I have the same problem....
[G1 Android Development] cyberrobin:
Same over here...
[G1 Android Development] down8:
Call TMo (better yet, go to store - saves you shipping fee) & tell them you rcvd the OTA update, an it crashed.

Voila - new phone on the way. Just got my replacement Friday afternoon.

-bZj
[G1 Android Development] nickryan0612:
Is there anyway for HTC or T-mobile to see that you bricked your phone yourself and that it is not actually a hardware issue.
[G1 Android Development] down8:
Probably, but they won't bother with that kind of analysis. They'll just reflash it (via 'JTAG') and send it to someone else as a replacement.

-bZj
[G1 Android Development] nickryan0612:
Just put SD card into another phone and put the infamous "DREAIMG.nbh" file on it then reinsert it into your G1 and bootload it. And it should go back to RC29.

PS. This is for a message on page 4
[G1 Android Development] nickryan0612:
OKay thanks cause i called tmo said its stuck at G1 screen. Told me to do some stuff didnt work and they got my adresss and said it be here in three buisness days and is covered by HTC warrenty. I jumped for joy.
[G1 Android Development] down8:
If that worked, it wouldn't be 'bricked', sweetie.

This thread is about actual bricks.

-bZj
[G1 Android Development] nickryan0612:
Yeah i know i edited right now cause someone on page 4 asked how to get out of there situation and i just wanted to tell them how.
[G1 Android Development] down8:
^ That's what this button is for.

-bZj
[G1 Android Development] Danmalone72:
I am an idiot.

I was running on the newest Jesus Freke and i tried to apply this theme http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=500278 I put it in as update.zip and tried running it .. now my phone won't pass the G1 thing at the start.

Please help.
[G1 Android Development] nickryan0612:
I to am stopped at the G1 screen. I called tmo already and told them about it. There sending me a replacment one. Didnt say i bricked it though.

And now im just messing with it and was wondering what action key+power does. Its just a blue blinking light
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
i found this a few weeks ago and we discussed it, it seems that we decided it was for a direct hardware flah, but we don't have the drivers
[G1 Android Development] tubaking182:
actually this thread is for "bricks" not bricks

definition:

"brick" = phone is stuck on G1 screen or flashing android screen but user can get to bootloader and/or recovery

brick = user screwed the SPL from Haykuro and CANNOT access recovery or bootloader and the phone is stuck on G1 screen

this was supposed to be a place for all users who got stuck and could post here rather than starting a new thread saying they bricked their phone when a simple wipe/reflash will fix it. the thread for people with ACTUAL bricks(they messed up the SPL from haykuro) is entitled "technical thinktank for bricked G1s"
[G1 Android Development] dutman:
New form of Brick for me! Please help :(

So I downloaded the SPL and Radio for Haykuro's Hero ROM, but It was stuck at the G1 logo and I didnt have nandroid installed for some reason. I tried going into recovery[The skater dudes] And reapply the DREAING.nbh to start again. It wuldnt let me. I remember now its because I had just finished partitioning my SD card, so everything got erased. i dont have a card reader, so I used my brothers hone to Download the files to the SD card, put them where they belong and see what would happen. It said No image still! I am freaking out, I think I just dreaded myself to doom. I know there are about a million brick topics, but I havent found one liket his one, and yes I did SEARCH. Please help me :/
[G1 Android Development] pershoot:
check the spelling of the image file.

it's DREAIMG.NBH
[G1 Android Development] grokdesigns:
Plug your phone into your computer, boot into recovery mode (home+power), enter the console and type the following:

echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file

This will mount your SD card on your computer and you can put a new update.zip file on it.
[G1 Android Development] dutman:
How do I go into the console? Seems a little weird, all it says is Home+Back to reebot, Alt+W to wip and Alt+S to update.
[G1 Android Development] grokdesigns:
If you have JF's recovery console, you should be able to Alt+X to enter the console.
[G1 Android Development] dutman:
I dont. :( I reapplied the update, to try again and still its a no-go. I am so Confused right now, I dont know why the SPL isn't working at all! Oh and check this. On my phone, I am trying to install the Hard SPL again so I can try applying the Dreaimg from it instead of Hayk's special SPL. When i try to do so, I cant Erase the update.zip that was once in my brothers phone. I try to erase, and it goes back to UPDATE.ZIP, this time in caps. I can open it to extract, but no renaming, deleting, copying, or moving it. GAH!!! I am sooo mad...
[G1 Android Development] guiburi:
so just to make sure..is there not current fix for the bricked G1????...i got my bricked when i installed the new spl and tryed to update to haykuros 6.0r1..showed some error message sayin that somethin is missing in some line..not sure bricked mine 5 days ago...still searching for answer..
[G1 Android Development] runkpock3r:
Hey guys, I'm new here. :D I'm a true nooby at this, and well I'm not really sure if my g1 is bricked or not. My phone is a dev phone, and had jf 1.5 on it. I installed the jf updater from the market and installed the update 1.51. My phone restarted, went past g1 screen, but is now stuck on the triangle and exclamation point screen. WHAT DO I DO? I'm kinda freaked out right now caz I can't use my phone :(
[G1 Android Development] KaCe11244:
It just seems like you need to reflash. Possibly wipe but I think just a reflash should do the trick.

Your NOT bricked. (Trust me, I know what being bricked is...)
[G1 Android Development] runkpock3r:
your right KaCe11244, but just to be sure, I flashed 1.51 of JF but I don't see much difference from the one I had before. I don't know anything for that matter because I bought this phone from ebay as it is so yeah... Haha, well the kernal version seeems a bit different 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf jesusfreke@sport #1... and build number is dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43148830 test-keys.. don't know what to do from here.
[G1 Android Development] imnothimm:
Good times with bricked Phones....

For the most part I love this Phone....

Nothing aside from the New spl will actually brick your phone...

Just wipe and reflash if it wasn't caused by the new sp...l
[G1 Android Development] KaCe11244:
Sadly for me.....It WAS caused by the new SPL....

*Slowly drags feet to Tmo store with head down*
[G1 Android Development] sh0velman:
My G1 is now bricked after following the directions at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442480

Will not go past white G1 logo, tried taking the sim, sd out, letting it sit. No combination of buttons has any effect. Just sits there until I take the battery out.

Awesome.
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
you would have to be more precise .. at which step did the so-called bricking happen?
[G1 Android Development] lgl123:
Phone won't turn on

I have no idea what happened to my phone, i was originally on Haykuro6.0r1 ROM and then i decided to try out The Dudes 1.2 build which the market would not download the apps i tried to, and then i tried to switch to the Cynogen ROM, and I put the ROM on the sd card and turned off the phone and about to flash it, and when i try turning the phone on it will not. The phone will not turn on :( I tried everything! With the charger on, with the normal battery in, with the extended battery in, even with the battery not in and the charger in! I don't know what to do. PLEASE HELP!
[G1 Android Development] sh0velman:
After applying HardSPL, won't boot up, sticks at white logo no matter what combination of keys
[G1 Android Development] pr0cl1v1ty:
my phone is stuck at android loop after installing the hero rom

i have my partions done in ubuntu and i wiped so whats wrong?
[G1 Android Development] xSeri:
Same, did the radio then SPL update now I have a bricked G1.
[G1 Android Development] APrinceAmongMen:
Yeah... Bootloop at the little android waving at you.

Everything was done right. First ever bootloop i've had that I couldn't fix on my own.

Radio 29I flashed.

New SPL flashed.

ROM flashed.

Bootloop. :(

Guess i'll just go back to ion. O_o

edit:

Btw... if its any help to the pros out there... I had custom boot images. There are two images. The weird thing is though, image number two is gone... It just stays at number 1 for a while and eventually goes to the htc bootloop. O_o
[G1 Android Development] Francyx:
Bricked

" Radio 2.22.19.26I & SPL 1.33.2005 "

hey guys im not an expert @ this so dont kill me lol

but i to was ounce bricked.. i was about to throw the thing down the window

the problem is those two file seam to be for

"haykuro's 6.0HTC r1 A2SD"

so if your not planning to install that then it wont work.. with the new

hero one..

so here what you have to do. first your going to need an sd card adapter(cause your phone wont boot)

download "haykuro's 6.0HTC r1 A2SD" http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/haykuro_6.0r1-signed.zip

change it to update..

then you will have dream htc magic

ok and now your ready for hero...

the fat32 and ext2

now be mind ful that in the ext2 you first unzip the thing and put the folder inside in the fat32 you put the zip. and change it to update

finally reboot to recovery then wipe and update

you should be done ;)
[G1 Android Development] futango:
If you have the new Haykuro SPL the second boot image is gone. It was taking out and other stuff that was not needed. That is why you got 87MB of free memory now instead of the 68MB.
[G1 Android Development] futango:
Actcually, you can put any rom on the phone with the new SPL. I have had the 6.0r1, the dudes 1.2b, JF 1.5, and now im on the Ion. It doesn't matter what rom you want to use after you install the new SPL.
[G1 Android Development] futango:
Have you tried getting into the recovery console? Holding Home+ Power.
[G1 Android Development] Francyx:
bricked

after i installed it..

haykuro's 6.0HTC r1 A2SD	Root, Busybox, ADP 1.5, Apps 2 SD, Requires Radio 2.22.19.26I & SPL 1.33.2005

my phone booted to htc magic

i dont know bro it worked for me...
[G1 Android Development] sh0velman:
Yeah I'm really bummed about the "stuck at G1 logo" thing, there doesn't seem to be anything i can do about it. The replacement phone is on the way already, but I don't dare attempt to root the thing again, I don't think they'll buy ANOTHER warranty replacement...

:(
[G1 Android Development] moon800:
Guys,

someone please help us with the brick phones. I have one and really dispreate...